It looks a bit poop really. Although it does say 'THE FIRST BUNDLE IS HERE!' at the top so maybe some decent bundles will soon appear. I would recommend they make a decent site though. The whole thing looks 'cheap'.

I am really interested in SpellCatcher but I have yet to figure out if it can change language by it's own or if I need to tell it? It actually looks like I will have to do that manually, but even MS Word knows how to detect the language you're typing and change spelling dictionary.

I wrote to ask about gifting licenses or which developers would be willing to transfer if they don't have a gift option. I would be able to pass except Default Folder X! If I do this would anyone want:

Yikes. Good luck in this saturated market! [s]20k[/s] 2k bundles is quite an optimistic milestone for a first time promotion with "No Hype". I'm in a sarcastic mood, so I'll point out that a bundle promotion is the very definition of a "Middle Man" that their slogan decries as being not involved. Good luck just the same. Anyone had experience with Mariner Write?

EDIT: Is that the mac giving tree growing on their site?EDIT 2: I misread. 2k bundles, not 20k. Still, good luck!

They also forgot the "No Sales" part. One of these developers was actually presented with the opportunity to be included in MacHeist 3 but they declined. I didn't get their reasoning at the time and they'll clearly make a miniscule fraction of what they'll make in this bundle. So be it, though... we ended-up with a far superior app in our bundle anyway.

The other thing that's insane is all of these sales and bundles happening at the same time and they've all been pretty underwhelming as a result of all the competition (and the poor economy)... Panic, MUPromo, and now this. Next we'll see Christian Owens and maybe even Mark Howsen popping out of the woodwork to get a few crumbs.

But one thing most of these bundles have in common is that the developers of the software receive only a small -- often a very small -- percentage of the sales proceeds generated by the bundle-most of the revenue is kept by the marketing companies/the middlemen.

Um, this is pure bullshit if they're trying to imply that we're not fair to the developers that take part in our bundles. This has ben refuted many times over by actual participants and it's actually pretty scummy and simply FUD to try to get you to buy their stuff based on this premise.

As much as I feel like a competitor to MUPromo, if you feel $50 burning a hole in your wallet and you're planning to buy one of either the current MUPromo bundle or this TheMacBundles thing, I'd say put your money into MUPromo because theirs is being run much more respectably and is a much better bundle anyway.

And don't even get me started on the "filler" thing they they talk about.

I did buy the MUPromo bundle and consider it money well spent. I have very little interest in this. I have Default Folder X, which I like, and Graphic Converter, which I use occasionally, and the rest isn't useful enough to justify the expense.

Welcome back, John.

Winning team, huh? So I guess my "top 10 win a date with Sophia" dream is out the window.

I did buy the MUPromo bundle and consider it money well spent. I have very little interest in this. I have Default Folder X, which I like, and Graphic Converter, which I use occasionally, and the rest isn't useful enough to justify the expense.

Welcome back, John.

Winning team, huh? So I guess my "top 10 win a date with Sophia" dream is out the window.

I'm suffering from bundle fatigue for quite sometime now. The only one that might've interested me would've been Default Folder X, but I bought it in a MacZot sale sometime ago. The DFX dev is not very responsive though.

As for poiii...what??? Who the hell wants to bother about points now? When the flock has already fled and only a handful of people come here, why dig up things that ought to be six feet under forever?

The Mac Bundles is not really up to par with MH or even mupromo, both of which had the killer apps included that draw people in. I can't see it doing very well. It's really a collection of little-known apps people would't think of without the benefit of the big one in there.

To be fair, Default Folder X >> than anything in the MH loot. The rest of the bundle may be somewhat lacking, but DFX is a top notch app.

A minor quibble with TMB: how do you offer bonus apps for a certain number of purchasers, but then not post a running counter of how many bundles have been purchased? I can understand WHY they don't have a counter (a new site doesn't want to show potentially low bundle sales figures) but if you're limiting the offer to a certain number of buyers you MUST provide those with interest an idea of how close they are to the expiration of that offer.

A minor quibble with TMB: how do you offer bonus apps for a certain number of purchasers, but then not post a running counter of how many bundles have been purchased? I can understand WHY they don't have a counter (a new site doesn't want to show potentially low bundle sales figures) but if you're limiting the offer to a certain number of buyers you MUST provide those with interest an idea of how close they are to the expiration of that offer.

If you click the Buy button you can see "TheMacBundles #1 (with BONUS app!)" so I assume the bonus app is still available.

If you click the Buy button you can see "TheMacBundles #1 (with BONUS app!)" so I assume the bonus app is still available.

I think you misunderstood. I wasn't asking whether the bonus app is still available, merely pointing out that there is no way (certainly no easy way) to establish how much longer a prospective purchaser has before the threshold number is reached. While the Buy Button may help point out that a prospective buyer can still get it with their order, who is going to look for it that way? Most people will click onto the site, look at the apps and any other info on the home page, and either buy or move on.

Typically I'll buy a bundle if there's something there I would have bought anyway, but nothing to tempt me in the MacBundles.com offering.

I'm still enjoying my MacHeist apps and Loot, John wasn't wrong when he said that the loot in MH3 would beat some bundles.

I did buy Unison & Transmit from Panic, I wanted a nicer FTP client and from what I read Unison is the best news reader on the Mac (but it turns out I don't have an NNTP account now I've switched ISP ).

bdegrande wrote:

I did buy the MUPromo bundle and consider it money well spent.

I also bought the MU Spring Promo:-

Paperless looked to be a good potential solution for me in my quest to keep all my work documents organised.Moneywell seems to be a good home budgeting app with good reviewsTechTool Pro 5 would be a nice addition to my toolkitBetterzip allows me to read encrypted zips from work and write them tooNetBarrierX is worth checking out in my quest for more flexible yet robust firewallingCircus Ponies Notebook 3 I have this but the new licence will be installed on a 2nd Mac for my WifeParallels4 will be installed on a 2nd Mac too[b]DVDRemaster Pro & Ripit look to be good solid apps

Totally worth the money to me and I have still to check out:-CuteClipsMultiplex (Though I suspect Plex will be better)PosterinoVoilaJets'n'Guns

All in a very worthwhile purchase, nothing like the value I've had from Macheist but money well spent never the less